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HoloCure - Save the Fans! vs Risk of Rain 2

HoloCure - Save the Fans! is a roguelike game from KayAnimate (2023) while Risk of Rain 2 is a roguelike survival game from Hopoo Games (2020).

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

2023 · KayAnimate

8.5GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Risk of Rain 2

2020 · Hopoo Games

8.6GamingPickz Score

$8.24

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Steam files HoloCure - Save the Fans! under Roguelike. In contrast, it files Risk of Rain 2 under Roguelike and Survival.

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.

Description from its Steam store page

Risk of Rain 2

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

HoloCure - Save the Fans!Risk of Rain 2
GamingPickz Score8.5/108.6/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (99%, 40,697)Very Positive (94%, 352,120)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate85/100
PriceFree$8.24
Install size0.24 GB4 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20232020
DeveloperKayAnimateHopoo Games

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

HoloCure - Save the Fans! vs Risk of Rain 2, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Roguelike game
    Risk of Rain 2Roguelike survival game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Pixel Graphics, Bullet Hell, Anime
    Risk of Rain 2Third-Person Shooter, Action Roguelike, Co-op

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Score 8.5 · 99% on Steam
    Risk of Rain 2Score 8.6 · 94% on Steam · 85 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!40,697 reviews · 0.24 GB
    Risk of Rain 2352,120 reviews · 7 add-ons · 4 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Free
    Risk of Rain 2$8.24

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Playable
    Risk of Rain 2Playable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The cheaper right now: HoloCure - Save the Fans! (Free)
  • Lighter on storage: HoloCure - Save the Fans! (0.24 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Risk of Rain 2 (352,120 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Bullet HellAction RoguelikeRogue-liteActionSingleplayer

Where they differ

HoloCure - Save the Fans! is also

Pixel GraphicsAnimeCute2DTop-Down ShooterCasual

Risk of Rain 2 is also

Third-Person ShooterMultiplayerCo-opRogue-likeLooter ShooterLoot

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, HoloCure - Save the Fans! is demanding, for players who want a challenge. Risk of Rain 2 is demanding, for players who want a challenge.

System requirements, side by side

HoloCure - Save the Fans!Risk of Rain 2
Minimum GPUGTX 580 / AMD HD 7870
Minimum CPUIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350
Minimum RAM0.3 GB4 GB
Install size0.24 GB4 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: HoloCure - Save the Fans! · Risk of Rain 2.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for HoloCure - Save the Fans! and 6 for Risk of Rain 2. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are HoloCure - Save the Fans! and Risk of Rain 2 in scope?

HoloCure - Save the Fans! has drawn 40,697 Steam reviews and installs in 0.24 GB. Risk of Rain 2 has drawn 352,120 Steam reviews, ships 7 add-ons and installs in 4 GB.

Is HoloCure - Save the Fans! or Risk of Rain 2 better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Risk of Rain 2 rates higher (8.6 to 8.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, HoloCure - Save the Fans! or Risk of Rain 2?

HoloCure - Save the Fans! is cheaper right now at Free, against $8.24. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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